slapdashmonuments

slapdashmonuments

Joined Ficlatté in September 2014

232 stories, 1 challenge, 1 prompt, 230 comments, and 37 friends

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Inspiration hits with a flash, stories written on the go. A rumble of laughter and the tale is heard only in echoes. The wind blows me in a new direction. Whom shall I visit next?

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Gray Blind 1

Rachael slipped into the bathroom, eyes on the hallway beyond. She rested her back on the shelves an…

Published 9 years ago.

7/27/2016

My future, furious, lunges

With weapons sharp and bright

To fell me where I stand.

--

A single blow …

Published 9 years ago.

My face turns green and pale

The world waits for me

With greedy, eager hopes;

Prepared with oiled ropes

It waits with vile glee.

Published 9 years ago.

Woebegone

Woe, be gone

Don't linger on

Just try and find a wider home

There's lots of spots

That you could go

Published 9 years ago.

doomed

the sound is doomed

the air is doomed

my lungs full up with spores that plumed

the friends i loved

t…

Published 9 years ago.

NaPo 2016, Day 14

Well, I’m failing at life.

I just cannot do right.

It’s a meaningless fight

I should never have trie…

Published 10 years ago.

Beat a Retreat

You know that words can hurt

Even more than a stick or a stone.

A pen destroys more than a sword

A d…

Published 10 years ago.

Survivor's Sonnet

A brittle, dessicated kind of life

That has been weakened outdoors in the sun

Near deafened by the c…

Published 10 years ago.

Health

My body’s health is better, while my mental health is worse

If that’s a joke, I don’t feel quite amu…

Published 10 years ago.

NaPo Day 19

Is there someone who can teach me

How to make and keep a friend?

For it feels as though my every sta…

Published 10 years ago.

Lesson To Learn

I never learned to love myself.

I know not how it’s done.

I am so weak in will and mind.

I seek, but…

Published 10 years ago.

Cheesecake Pictures

Shall I compare thee to a yummy cake?

Thou art much richer, solid on the fork

Wait, what was that? I…

Published 10 years ago.

A Bad Trip

So we were in the Blythesburg area and wanted something to do on the weekend, so we picked this plac…

Published 10 years ago.

Then the next phase began.

I pushed open the doors, straining my back a little, and with a creak they parted. They were thick, …

Published 10 years ago.

Reinstalling my System (9/9)

And please, my Lord, I beg Thee, heal

The pain in one and all,

Which I in my confusion caused.

Pleas…

Published 10 years ago.

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